Journal of the cracked in mind

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 09:40:56 GMT

Really needed to check the weather forecast before deciding to work inside today and garden tomorrow. Duh!

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 08:06:07 GMT

Trying to help with Jon's Maths homework. Probablities, dice games, fucking hexagons. I don't have a clue.

Sat, 17 Oct 2009 02:28:57 GMT

I bought a rug for the back room off ebay and had to go down to Brighton to pick it up. Mum and Dad's is on the way, so I asked Mum if she wanted to come for a drive - always nice to have a look at how the other half live. :-)

So we find the address and I was debating whether to back into the driveway because I figured it would be heavy. Mum looked at me as though I was nuts (OK, I am, but I wasn't sure exactly why this time)
"How big is it?"
"Pretty big. That's why I put the seats down. Hope it fits in the back."
Even more alarmed expression
"How big can it be?"
Patiently. "Pretty big, it's for the back room."
Totally stunned expression.
Me again "What? Back room, the floor, you know?"
Mum starts giggling.
"I thought we were picking up a horse rug!"

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 23:53:24 GMT

Best comment ever on the Hey, Hey issue.

http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/08/crikey-clarifier-whats-all-the-fuss-about-blackface/#comment-40407

"If you’re not aware of why it’s offensive, you haven’t been paying attention.

Of course now the rest of the world (which HAS been paying attention) thinks we’re all a bunch of unreconstructed racists. Claiming ignorance isn’t an excuse, either, it just makes us look like a bunch of ignorant unreconstructed racists."

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:44:23 GMT

My ipod battery appears to have died.
Currently trying a system restore. Please pray for me.

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 08:16:13 GMT

Weekly Times.

http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2009/09/16/114091_opinion-news.html

Fran Cleland rocks.

Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:51:10 GMT

Thinking about cats eating strange things - both 'cats of my heart' love Twisties. Possum could hear a Twistie packet opening anywhere in the house. I've tried to interest my current cats to no avail. They'll lick one, but they aren't keen.

I've just caught Meg ecstatically crunching her way a bowl of crumbs. Honey Soy potato chips. Now that is weird.

Sat, 18 Jul 2009 12:19:52 GMT

Last night someone was telling me he'd had a REALLY bad day. He wouldn't say why.
So I was thinking about the last few weeks, and I'd count some pretty bad days too. But I think my criteria for a bad day has changed - death and serious illness you can't have any control over. Anything else you can change, move on, or get over.
Mind you, change and moving on took me seven years.

Mon, 20 Apr 2009 03:25:28 GMT

You know that you are not keeping up with things when you receive a digest email from a listserv with 500 messages in it - the 'digest' version broke last June and they've just fixed it. I had kind of noticed that I wasn't getting them, but thought I must have unsubscribed.

Even more disturbing is that while I wasn't looking Robin McKinley published two books. TWO!!!! How did that happen?

Mon, 09 Mar 2009 22:21:11 GMT

http://www.helloquizzy.com/results/are-you-a-jackie-or-a-marilyn-or-someone-else-mad-menera-female-icon-quiz/?fromCGI=1&var_ABC=3&var_XYZ=2

Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:45:50 GMT

I have occasionally tried to explain to people, especially on internet forums, that karma does not work the way they seem to think it does. After yesterday I'm beginning to think might have to change my mind on that. :-)
Life is very funny.

Friends coming over this afternoon, back of the house is currently full of teenage boys, long sleep in and egg and bacon for breakfast. I love long weekends. I started sorting books last night, and went to bed at 1 with them strewn all over the lounge room. Need to pick them up before people arrive.

One cat is sliding around the timber floors chasing pieces of cardboard. He assures me he has saved me from several. They are all dead. Except THAT one, but he's watching it for me.

More than five

Mon, 26 Jan 2009 11:55:59 GMT

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.
4. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. It's OK to get angry with God . He can take it.
9. Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.
10. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
11. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
12. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
13. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
14. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.
15. Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.
16. Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
17. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
18. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
19. It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.
20. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
21. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets.
Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
22. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
23. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.
24. The most important organ is the brain.
25. No one is in charge of your happiness, except you.
26. Frame every so-called disaster with these words: 'In five years, will this matter?'
27. Always choose life.
28. Forgive everyone everything.
29. What other people think of you is none of your business.
30. Time heals almost everything. Give time, time.
31. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
32. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch. (Thank you friends!)
33. Believe in miracles.
34. God loves you because of whom God
is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.
35. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
36. Growing old beats the alternative--dying young.
37. Your children get only one childhood. Make it memorable.
38. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
39. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.
40. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
41. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
42. The best is yet to come.
43. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
44. Yield.
45. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift

Regina Brett The Plain Dealer, Cleveland , Ohio

Fri, 23 Jan 2009 21:18:38 GMT

*Sigh*

I have a new car. It's new for me anyway. :-)
It does not have scratches. It's clean. The radio works. It's cute and it's red, and I am a little bit pleased with it. Driving it makes me smile.

So this morning I'm stopped at the lights when a car going down the right turn lane clips the back of me. And keeps going. Through the green arrow...gone.

I nip into the right lane, wait through the light changes and follow. In time to see the her turn down a side street in the distance. Pull up next to her, she backs up quick and takes off again. I pursue.

Stop at the next set of lights searching madly for a pen to write down her rego...never mind I'll remember it. So I got out, walked to the front of her car, looked at the damage, walked back and spoke to her - told her I was a little unhappy at her driving away, asked her name "Jessie" and told her she needed to pull over properly to exchange details. Tears trickling down her face, she nods. I walk back to my car, she pulls out into the right hand lane and disappears, by the time I wait through that set of lights she's gone for good.

And all I can remember is half the rego. :-(

It's no big deal, bumper bar will need a respray that I can ill afford. No-one hurt. Not the end of the world...but who does that? I can't believe she did that.

Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:20:09 GMT

A woman I know slightly and work with once a year, gave a person a piece of their mind. She's an "old fashioned" kind of lady. Tell the truth and shame the devil.
I keep thinking "Why would she do that?" but the answer is simply because that is who she is.
Formidable.

Loyalty.
Integrity.
Stand up and be counted.
Wouldn't stand for injustice.

She's also the world's biggest softy.
She's touchy, and lots of people are scared of her.

She gets things done.
She rocks.

And it's a good thing she doesn't know what was said about her, isn't it?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 07:43:28 GMT

“You can’t accept reproach if you don’t know why what you’ve done is reprehensible”
Lillian Gerhardt

Essay on ethics in librarianship

Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:17:48 GMT

Danni - Dantina Schultze, Exclusive Equines

RST - Wendy Orchard, Orchard Vale Holsteins

SPH - Narelle McFee, ShadyOaks Performance Horses
Dear me, apparently I spelt Narelle's name wrong. Thank you so much for letting me know.

Shirrine - Karen Polley, Shirrine Park Stud

Nik_j - Nicole Linton

Linda Ferguson...should I continue?

"and she'd better not name names, because I have a solicitor sitting here"
If you are going to write abject apologies at least pretend to mean them. Threatening legal action doesn't sound like an apology to me. Sounds like you are sorry you got caught.

Which part of do not piss me off are these people not getting?

Sun, 07 Sep 2008 11:19:40 GMT

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Sun, 10 Aug 2008 09:20:17 GMT

You know you are turning geeky when you have an urge to grep a Word doc.

Sun, 10 Aug 2008 07:30:30 GMT

Just put the spaghetti sauce that I had made ready for dinner into the freezer.
The ONLY appropriate meal for a day this cold is roast lamb. Yummm. :-)

Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:04:13 GMT

If you want to you'll find a way, if not you'll find an excuse.

Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:04:06 GMT

Odd things you do when it's really over.

Box set DVDs were on special. I bought Firefly, and the first 2 seasons of The West Wing. Can't keep assuming that we'll be cheerfully sharing any more.

I also bought myself a hairdryer - luxury!

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:09:29 GMT

Discussing Formula One with H. I told her I gave up watching when Senna was killed. So she was asking questions and searching the net as we talked.

"What nationality was he?"
"Brazillian, I think"
"They have CARS in Brazil?"

I looked at her.
Defensively "I mean Formula One!"

We both dissolved into giggles. "Yes H, all those people in Brazil. Horses and carts. Bicycles."
More giggling.
A pause
She said "You are NOT going to post that in LJ!"

*waves to H*

Sun, 13 Jul 2008 06:01:44 GMT

MRIs are loud. Very. The technician tells me that at least two people a day freak out. Not so bad when it's your legs in the machine and your head sticking out - it would be bloody awful the other way around.

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 15:14:12 GMT

I have an MRI on my knee in the morning. I should go to bed.

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 02:59:31 GMT

Bread is supposed to be rising near the heater.
If it does it will be a miracle.

Edited to add:
OMG!!!! It's RISING!